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Pic of the Day: “No one familiar with the history of this country, can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak, and to defend the causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy’s methods to keep silent or for those who approve. We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn’t create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves. Good night, and good luck.” (20th Anniversary)
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Pic of the Day: ♫ “To reach that upper level / Your mind, body and soul must be one / It’s a sacrifice, it takes hard work / It’s a way of life / When you got the glow, you feel the one / When you got the glow, Your body’s gold / So don’t let go, of the power of elevation.” ♫ (40th Anniversary)
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Pic of the Day: ♫ “Straight outta Compton, crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube / From the gang called Niggaz With Attitudes / When I’m called off, I got a sawed off / Squeeze the trigger, and bodies are hauled off / You too, boy, if ya fuck with me / The police are gonna hafta come and get me / Off yo ass, that’s how I’m goin out / For the punk motherfuckers that’s showin out / Niggaz start to mumble, they wanna rumble / Mix em and cook em in a pot like gumbo / Goin off on a motherfucker like that / with a gat that’s pointed at yo ass / So give it up smooth / Ain’t no tellin when I’m down for a jack move / Here’s a murder rap to keep yo dancin / with a crime record like Charles Manson / AK-47 is the tool / Don’t make me act the motherfuckin fool / Me you can go toe to toe, no maybe / I’m knockin niggaz out tha box, daily / yo weekly, monthly and yearly / until them dumb motherfuckers see clearly / that I’m down with the capital C-P-T / Boy you can’t fuck with me / So when I’m in your neighborhood, you better duck / Coz Ice Cube is crazy as fuck / As I leave, believe I’m stompin / but when I come back, boy, I’m comin’ straight outta Compton.” ♫ (10th Anniversary)
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Pic of the Day: “I like you, Jack. Well, maybe not, but I understand you. Let me tell you what’s gonna happen. This way you can prepare yourself.” “Okay…” “Soon there’s going to be a knock on that door and you will be called outside. In the hall there will be a man who out-ranks you. First he’ll compliment you on the fine job you’ve done – on you making the world a safer place. That you’re to receive a commendation or a promotion. And then he’s going to tell you that I am to be released. You’re going to protest. You’ll probably threaten to resign. But in the end, I will be released. The reason I’ll be released is the same reason you think I’ll be convicted. I do rub shoulders with some of the most vile, sadistic men calling themselves leaders today. But some of those men are the enemies of your enemies. And while the biggest arms dealer in the world is your boss, the President of the United States, who ships more merchandise in a day than I do in a year, sometimes it’s embarrassing to have his fingerprints on the guns. Sometimes he needs a freelancer like me to supply forces he can’t be seen supplying. So, you call me evil, but unfortunately for you, I’m a necessary evil.” (20th Anniversary)
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Pic of the Day: “Have you anything to say before the sentence of this court is passed upon you?” “Milord, much as I desire to live, I’m not afraid to die. Since I first sailed on the Bounty over four years ago, I’ve know how men can be made to suffer worse things than death, cruelly, beyond duty, beyond necessity. Captain Bligh, you’ve told your story of mutiny on the Bounty, how men plotted against you, seized your ship, cast you adrift in an open boat, a great venture in science brought to nothing, two British ships lost. But there’s another story, Captain Bligh, of ten cocoanuts and two cheeses. A story of a man who robbed his seamen, cursed them, flogged them, not to punish but to break their spirit. A story of greed and tyranny, and of anger against it, of what it cost. One man, milord, would not endure such tyranny. That’s why you hounded him. That’s why you hate him, hate his friends. And that’s why you’re beaten. Fletcher Christian’s still free. Christian lost, too, milord. God knows he’s judged himself more harshly than you could judge him. I say to his father, ‘He was my friend. No finer man ever lived’. I don’t try to justify his crime, his mutiny, but I condemn the tyranny that drove ‘im to it. I don’t speak here for myself alone or for these men you condemn. I speak in their names, in Fletcher Christian’s name, for all men at sea. These men don’t ask for comfort. They don’t ask for safety. If they could speak to you they’d say, ‘Let us choose to do our duty willingly, not the choice of a slave, but the choice of free Englishme’. They ask only the freedom that England expects for every man. If one man among you believe that one man – he could command the fleets of England, He could sweep the seas for England. If he called his men to their duty not by flaying their backs, but by lifting their hearts… their… That’s all.” (90th Anniversary)
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